If you can embrace the idea that your success and happiness are tied up in defeating the fear that's holding you back, you're 90 percent of the way to where you need to go, because no, we're not kids, and no, this is not a bike.

Marketing tells a story that spreads. Sales overcomes the natural resistance to say yes.

I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.

Just start. Start now. Fail often. Enjoy the ride.

Quality is not an absolute measure. It doesn't mean 'deluxeness' or 'perfection'. It means keeping the promise the customer wants you to make.

But what if I fail? You will. A better question might be, ‘after I fail, what then?’ If you’ve chosen well, after you fail you will be one step closer to succeeding, you will be wiser and stronger and you almost certainly will be more respected by all of those that are afraid to try.

Every revolution destroys the average middle first and most savagely.